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Published : 02 Jul 2026, 01:21 PM
Speaker of the Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has departed Dhaka to attend the funeral of Iran's former supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
He flew from Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport at 7:30am on Thursday, the Parliament Secretariat said.
The speaker is scheduled to return to the country on Jul 4, it added.
The funeral was planned to be held in March, but it was postponed due to the ongoing tensions between the US, Israel, and Iran.
The three-day funeral programme will be held in Tehran, while ceremonies in the holy city of Qom will begin on Jul 7.
Khamenei, 86, was killed at his residence on the first day of the US-Israeli air campaign, which began with the two countries declaring their intention to overthrow the ruling establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
He had served as Iran's supreme leader since late 1989, succeeding Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the latter's death.
Khomeini was the ideological leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution that overthrew Reza Shah Pahlavi, while Ali Khamenei played a leading role in organising the military and paramilitary forces behind the revolution.
During 47 years at the centre of Iran's power structure, Khamenei played a key role in strengthening the country's military, advancing modernisation and shaping Tehran's governing system.
Before becoming supreme leader, he served two terms as Iran's president from 1981.
Following his death in the US attack, Iran selected his son Mojtaba Khamenei as the country's new supreme leader.
Mojtaba was also injured in the strike on the supreme leader's compound.
Despite his injuries, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Mojtaba played an active role in negotiations with Washington following the attack.
